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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2000
  • Latest Book:
    November 2020
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Book List in Order: 33 titles





  • Just How Much Is Enough?

    Guido spends his days shuttling tourists along the waterways of Venice in a small gondola. The kindhearted young rat enjoys the simple pleasures of his worldâ€"until his eyes are opened to the possibilities of all that...



  • It’s Lunchtime in Bitty Bayou

    Izzy, a hungry lizard, is eyeing a small spider who, in turn, is preparing to lunch on a bee trapped in her web. But the itty bitty bee, named Jeb, is not all that interested in becoming the spider’s last meal...



  • “In this heartwarming adventure, Rudy the Runt will capture the hearts of children, while teaching the virtues of compassion, mercy, and friendship.” Voted “World’s Best Runt Tale” by The Rodent Times Review.

    Little Rudy can’t imagine...



  • The year is 1968. After spending the first half of summer vacation driving her Italian family crazy with her fake southern accent, 10-year old A.J. finds a soul mate on the other side of the island to divert her attention. She is intrigued to le...



  • A. J. Degulio loved the idea of a visit to the Old Country -- until her family decided to stay.Now it's 1972 and she's turning fourteen in a crumbling castle on a hill in Tuscany, wishing she were back in Idaho with her beloved dog, Sailor. In Italy,...



  • When A.J. returns home to Indian Island, her dog Sailor, and childhood friend Danny, she surprises everyone with her plans . . . but Danny has something else in mind. For eight years, A.J. Degulio has been itching to get back to her beloved Indian...



  • What more could an 11 year old girl, who worked the soda fountain in a 1950's Dime Store, want ? Nothin' much.....until the town of Hog Eye Holler announces their annual Sweetheart Valentine Waltz. By her upcoming 12th birthday, Mazie Farley will fin...



  • A delightful romantic comedy! Allie Jaskie, recent fashion school graduate, needs a job. Charlie Braun, editor of Happy Camper Magazine, needs a field reporter. The clock is ticking for an article about summer snow camping on Mount Rainier. Allie is ...






  • When a new family arrives in Hog Eye Holler, Mazie is convinced they will be nothing but trouble in her town. She and her brother, Sammy, spend their entire summer spying and playing pranks on the Jenkins' down on Junkyard Lane. What they discover ab...



  • When a new family arrives in town, Mazie is convinced they will be nothing but trouble. She and her brother, Sammy, spend their entire summer spying from their tree house and playing pranks on the Jenkins' down on Junkyard Lane. What they discover is...



  • In 1967, nine-year-old AJ wins a trip to Ireland to spend Christmas in a medieval castle. There's only one drawback; she has to bring her big Italian family along. It doesn't take long for AJ to drive her Prom Queen sister crazy with her newly acquir...



  • When Liza Braun tries out for the Rainier Theater Production of Anne of Green Gables, she has no idea that the assistant director is going to do everything she can to make sure her daughter, Charlotte, is the star of the show. But when Liza wins the ...



  • South Carolina, 1908: Scullery maid, Lucy Forman, has been serving at Worthington House since the day she turned sixteen. Now, at nineteen, she is asked to take over the duties of gathering chicken eggs out by the stables. It doesn't take Lucy long t...



  • In 1948, twenty-one-year-old Shannon Lyons immigrated to America, and was hired as a waitress at The Crater Lake National Park Lodge in Oregon. That same summer, an Italian bus boy, Johnny Marino, is returning for his third summer. It takes some time...



  • Christie Rinkley flies out of rainy Seattle headed for Loreto, Mexico on her honeymoon. The only drawback: she is on a honeymoon for one. When the local adventure hiking guide tries to warn the blonde lady that a monsoon is expected, it is lost in tr...



  • When an early 1900s love story makes its way from revolutionary Russia to a small town in America, a young girl’s life begins to change. Clara Bradley moves from the city to a remote farming town in Eastern Washington -- with nothing to offer a you...



  • When Amy Landers inherits Aunt Polly’s Inn, located on a bluff above the Columbia River in Wishram, Washington, she has no plans to stay any longer than it takes to sell it. Even though Amy spent her childhood summers with Aunt Polly in cattle coun...



  • South Carolina, 1908: Scullery maid, Lucy Forman, has been serving at Worthington House since the day she turned sixteen. Now, at nineteen, she is asked to take over the duties of gathering chicken eggs out by the stables. It doesn't take Lucy long t...






  • When Peyton Abercrombie runs away from an arranged betrothal, she is soon discovered by Captain Jackson Lafitte stowing away aboard the Mon Cherisse. "Did you say your last name is Lafitte?" Peyton glanced around the Captain's cabin. "Oh my goodness;...



  • Animal lover, Zoey Pappas leaves the rat race of Seattle to move to the small town of Leavenworth, Washington to open her new grooming salon, Puppy Dooz. Having given up her former dream of acting, she is miffed when her cat, Sofie, is constantly pur...



  • Animal lover, Zoey Pappas leaves the rat race of Seattle to move to the small town of Leavenworth, Washington to open her new grooming salon, Puppy Dooz. Having given up her former dream of acting, she is miffed when her cat, Sofie, is constantly pur...



  • Welcome to the Mountain View Inn where the fun never ends! These three stories are filled with lively characters who all end up at the Mountain View Inn near Mount Rainier. The adventure begins with Happy Camper where not-so-wannabe snow Camper, Alli...



  • Neighbors Liza Braun and Dillon Derry began their childhood as enemies--according to Liza. Dillon called it a crush. After winning the Children's Charity Award for their performance in Anne of Green Gables, they toured with Classic Comedies and becam...



  • Four stories of young life and adventure to be enjoyed by the young and the young at heart. FARLEY'S FIVE AND DIME A charming waltz down memory lane. It was just me and Daddy and Sammy that made up our family after Mama went to heaven in 1956. I was ...



  • Meet Mazie May Farley....If you've ever wondered what it would be like to live above a 1950's Dime Store as a young girl, look no further....Summers were my favorite time of all and got a little crazy at times-but a good kind of crazy-'cause when it ...



  • Brandy Jo Danner made up her mind in the third grade that someday she was going to marry Dane Bronson. Determined doesn't begin to describe Brandy Jo... sassy would be more accurate.Dane has wanted to ask Brandy Jo out for the past fourteen years, bu...



  • West Virginia 1906Ana Popesque arrives at Miss Ellwood's boarding house in Pine Glen to find she's boarding with a couple of very chatty housemates. The constant laughter and gossip make it difficult to focus on her violin practice for her upcoming C...



  • Ellwood Manor, Rose Glen, West Virginia 1864Young Lady Adaline's days fluctuate between tea parties in the rose garden at Ellwood Manor, and attending to wounded Union soldiers injured in the Civil War. When the town's hospital, plantation homes, and...








  • Two Theatrical Comedies with best friends, Liza and Dillon, destined to be together.Liza of Green Gables:When Liza Braun tries out for the Rainier Theater Production of Anne of Green Gables, she has no idea that the assistant director is going to...



  • When an early 1900s love story makes its way from revolutionary Russia to a small town in America, a young girl's life begins to change. Clara Bradley moves from the city to a remote farming town in Eastern Washington-with nothing to offer a young ch...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Renee Riva has published 33 books.

Renee Riva does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Orphans of Elfinhorne, was published in November 2020.

The first book by Renee Riva, My Last Day With You, was published in October 2000.

No. Renee Riva does not write books in series.